Ordakli castle

In the village of Ordakli, Yeni Bayazid district, Goycha district

Yeni Bayazid–Sevan, Ordakli village–Lchashen (Golkent) since 26.04.1946

Architecture

The remains of the Ordakli fortress remained until the last mass deportation of West Azerbaijanis in 1987–1991. The Armenians took over the Ordakli fortress and renamed it "Ljashen".

It is already scientifically confirmed that the Ordakli fortress in the Kavar region dates back to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC, the Ata-khan, Bitikchi, Guleli, Kavar and Qishlag fortresses to the end of the 2nd millennium BC, the Bashkend cave-fortress complex to the 3rd millennium BC; the Aligirikh and Argush fortresses in the Martuni region to the beginning of the 1st millennium BC.
The Ordakli fortress covered a vast territory. It was strategically located at the intersection of many territories. In other words, according to the Urartologists themselves, the “youngest” of these fortresses is at least 300 years “older” than the Kelakiran fortress. It is also a proven fact that after the 8th century BC, fortification walls were built connecting the fortresses of Ordakli-Gishlag-Guleli-Atamkhan-Kaver-Bashkend.
In a source from 1728, the village names of Böyük Ördek and Kıçık Ördek are mentioned in the Goycha region of the Yerevan province.
The name of the village of Ordek in the Goycha region has a very interesting history: in a source in the Urartu language from the 8th century BC it was mentioned as Urtek
Historically, Azerbaijanis lived in the village. From time to time, they were expelled, and Armenians who were resettled from Iran and Turkey were settled here. In 1920, the population of the village was expelled and Armenians from Turkey were settled. In 1897, along with Armenians, 22 Azerbaijanis lived in the village. At the beginning of the 20th century, as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in 1905–1906, Azerbaijanis were expelled from their historical and ethnic lands. Now only Armenians live in the village.

After the 8th century BC, fortification walls were built connecting the fortresses of Ördəkli- Qishlag-Guleli- Atamkhan-Kəver-Bashkend. The fortress is important in terms of being in a series of fortifications, connecting with the fortifications of other fortresses. The toponym was formed on the basis of the ethnonym “Ördəkli”, which is specific to one of the Turkic tribes, the Golden-Headed. It is an ethnotoponym. It is a simple toponym in structure. It indicates that the territory belongs to tribes of Turkic origin.